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Rink Link October/November 2010 2010 Annual Twin City Figure Skating Association Recognition Dinner September 12 ~ Town & Country Club, St. Paul ~ hosted by the Burnsville MN Valley FSC 2011 Minnesota State Champions Back Row: Intermediate Men - Daniel Kulenkamp, St Paul FSC; Adult Bronze - Sarah Klosterbuer, Individual Member; Adult Masters - Erin Swanson, Chaska FSC; Novice Men - Ryan Santee, Rochester FSC; Junior Ladies - Shannon Brakke, Rochester FSC; Adult Silver - Cathy McNeill, St Paul FSC; Adult Gold - Elaine Walin, St Paul FSC; Open Pre Juvenile Ladies - Cassidy Murray, FSC of Bloomington Front Row: Open Juvenile Ladies - Samantha Considine, Braemar City of Lakes FSC; Intermediate Girls - Elizabeth Ploumidis, St Paul FSC; Juvenile Girls - Joanna Liu, St Paul FSC; Novice Ladies - Sophie Stillman, Lake Minnetonka FSC; Pre Juvenile Girls - Rachel Kamer, St Paul FSC; Pre Preliminary Girls - Gracie Bryant, St Paul FSC; Preliminary Girls - Emma Enebak, FSC of Bloomington; Not pictured: Senior Ladies - Kate Charbonneau, FSC of Bloomington Special Minnesota State Trophies & Presentations Wakefield Trophy Marlys Larson Award FSC of Bloomington Team Braemar TCFSA Club with the most Junior Team placement points highest qualifying competition placement Bette Snuggerud James Disbrow TCFSA Award Award presented a Onia Gelecinskyj Ryan Santee $4,000 donation FSC of Rochester FSC to Minnesota Bloomington high school male Skating senior lady - skater – Scholarship most academic & most academic & President Herb championship championship Morgenthaler points points The Champion For Skating Award 2010 Winners Michelle & Arnie Schmidt Presentation Comments by Lori Rothmund & Tamie Campbell The TCFSA policy handbook describes The Champion For Skating Award as "an annual award presented through open nominations from TCFSA members to an individual or individuals who exhibit both high visibility involvement and sustained low profile support of figure skating." Specific volunteer characteristics considered in the nomination and selection are: time devoted, talents contributed, leadership demonstrated, and a spirit of cooperation fostered. Tamie Campbell received this award last year and would normally be giving this presentation. However, she is judging in Budapest and could not be here today. I was honored to be the recipient of this award in 2008, so Marlys asked me if I would present the 2010 award. I am happy to announce this year's recipients are Arnie & Michelle Schmidt . Tamie interviewed Arnie and Michelle and sent me the following presentation speech: Michelle and Arnie began the interview with the statement "We are too good of friends with Nancy and Marlys!" I began to really understand what they meant by this as they recounted their TCFSA volunteer activities. The Schmidts began their involvement in figure skating like many people - their daughter began skating. I was curious to find out why they remained in the sport after Kellie quit, as most parents do not. Their response was that she is still skating and is now in her early 30's. Way to go Kellie! You've given the TCFSA two wonderful volunteers. Many people wrote that Michelle and Arnie happily did any job they were asked to do. What I learned is that they not only took on the job, they ended up chairing the committee or serving on the Board of Directors. Both of them started with Maplewood Synchro Team, with Michelle as Team Manager and Arnie working on fundraising. Next came the Board of Directors of the Maplewood FSC, chairing the Spring show and, as Arnie says, "it spiraled from there." Arnie has been a Member at Large of TCFSA since 1997. He started the website and is afraid he'll never be able to transition out of that. They co-chaired the Competitors' Lounge at the Marriott Hotel for the 1998 World Championships and were on site nearly 24/7, keeping it stocked with both food and games. When Michelle learned there was a need for some computer work for the 2000 Synchro World Championships, she volunteered Arnie for the job. He also chaired the Facilities Committee, while Michelle was the Executive Committee Secretary for the event. This was their favorite event so far. They actually enjoyed working with the ISU (something I've never heard anyone say before!) and blazing a trail for Synchro as this was the very first Synchro World Championship. Michelle did admit she was taken by surprise when she realized that agreeing to type up the opening speech for the ISU President actually meant writing it. They are most passionate about the Synchro discipline in figure skating, as they like the Team concept it promotes. Bette Snuggerud, a master at delegation, asked them to participate in a task force for developing the Synergy Synchro Team at the U of M. True to form, they both served on the Executive Board of Directors for its duration. At the 2008 National Championships in St. Paul, the Schmidts were again in leadership roles. Arnie chaired the Transportation Committee and Michelle was chair of the Administration Committee. Most recently, TCFSA held 2010 US Synchronized Championships. Once again Arnie was chair of the Facilities Committee and Michelle was co-chair of ticket sales as well as Executive Committee Secretary. I did wonder if Michelle and Arnie did everything together. They met in college and were both active in student government. Arnie was Michelle's manager for her Homecoming Queen campaign. I'll let them tell you how that came out. With all of these skating activities, it's difficult to imagine that these two dedicated volunteers also have full time jobs. Michelle is a full time enrolled agent tax accountant for Briggs and Morgan. Arnie is a software engineer for Lockheed Martin. He develops consoles for atomic submarines, I think. They also have a son, Mike, who is "volunteered" when help is needed with any heavy lifting. After all is said and done, volunteers like the Schmidts are what makes TCFSA and figure skating successful in this area . So thank you to Nancy and Marlys for being such good friends of Michelle and Arnie and "inviting" them to volunteer! And as Arnie said, "It's nice to be appreciated." Additional tributes: Arnie and Michelle have been involved for 20 plus years and have always said "yes" whenever asked to be involved with major projects of the TCFSA...........they have given hours and hours of their time and knowledge with very little recognition...........they fit the profile and guidelines of this award...........Arnie has been the official photographer for TCFSA since 2000........... Michelle has served as TCFSA secretary from 2006-present...........we so appreciate Michelle & Arnie continuing to be involved in our figure skating community...........Michelle and Arnie will always step up to the plate and do an excellent job on whatever event or committee they are asked to serve on - and always with a smile and a positive attitude! October 1-5, 2010 Results Qualifying Round Novice Ladies Group A Intermediate Ladies Group A Juvenile Girls Group A 5th – Sophie Stillman, Lake Minnetonka FSC 6th – Elizabeth Ploumidis, St Paul FSC 4th - Grace Hoger, FSC of Bloomington 6th – Hannah Peterson, FSC of Bloomington 13th - Karlee Stennes, St Paul FSC 8th - Michelle Hedges, FSC of Bloomington 15th – Katherine Foy, Lake Minnetonka FSC 15th - Allison Hansen, Elk River FSC 9th - Sarah Santee, Rochester FSC 15th- Julia Hussian, Starlight IDC Novice Ladies Group B Intermediate Ladies Group B 9th - Hailey Bork, FSC of Bloomington 4th – Patrice Martineau, Burnsville MN Valley Juvenile Girls Group B 17th – Victoria Wahlquist, St Paul FSC FSC 3rd – Joanna Liu, St. Paul FSC 15th - Laura Lanigan, St Paul FSC 6th – Hailey Kauls, Eden Prairie FSC Novice Ladies Group C th th 8 – Juliana Welter, St. Paul FSC 6 - Jasmine Dahm, St. Paul FSC Intermediate Ladies Group C th th 13 -Chanel Asuncion, FSC of Bloomington 4 – Coco Kaminski, Braemar City of Lakes FSC 6th – Jillian Christie, FSC of Bloomington Juvenile Girls Group C 6th – Riley Shore, St. Paul FSC Intermediate Ladies Group D th 8 – Kristina Briant, Eden Prairie FSC 9th – Cailyn Johnson, Rochester FSC 14th - Caitlyn Schaeffer, Three Rivers FSC Championship Round Senior Ladies Junior Men Intermediate Men Samiera AbouNasr, St. Paul FSC (1,4,1) Juran Yang, St. Paul FSC (1, 2, 1) Colton Johnson, FSC of Bloomington Maria Sperduto, St. Paul FSC (3,3,3) (2,1,1) Novice Ladies Maria Kalina, Starlight IDC (6, 5, 5) Daniel Kulenkamp, St. Paul FSC Sophie Stillman, Lake Minnetonka FSC(9, 15, 15) Sabrina Logren, Roseville FSC (9,9,9) (1,5,4) Christiana Johnson, Rochester FSC (14,13,13) Novice Men Juvenile Girls Cale Ambroz, FSC of Bloomington (9, 3, 4) Junior Ladies Joanna Liu, St Paul FSC - 6 Ryan Santee, Rochester FSC (7, 5, 5) Shannon Brakke, Rochester FSC (5, 4, 5) Grace Hoger, FSC of Bloomington - 12 Ben Jalovick, FSC of Bloomington (3, 6, 6) McKenna Wilson, Elk River FSC (6,6,6) Juvenile Boys Alessa Parris, FSC of Bloomington (10, 12, 12) Intermediate Ladies Grant Kulenkamp, St Paul FSC - 10 Mikaela Wegscheid, St Paul FSC (13,17,17) Coco Kaminski, Braemar City of Lakes FSC (7,15,12) Patrice Martineau, Burnsville MN Valley FSC (13,14,15) Non Qualifying Pre-Juvenile Girls Final Round Open Pre Juvenile Girls Final Round Open Juvenile Girls Final Round Kirsten Horsemann, FSC of Bloomington - 3 Cassidy Murray, FSC of Bloomington - 1 Hailey Walker, Braemar City of Lakes FSC - 3 Linnea Seline, FSC of Bloomington – 5 Taylor Harris, Northern Blades NSC FSC - 2 Kacy Ineson, St. Paul FSC - 11 Emma Enebak, FSC of Bloomington - 10 Annelise Kruse, Elk River FSC - 6 Open Juvenile Girls Group A Linnea Peterson, Burnsville MN Valley FSC - 11 th Pre-Juvenile Girls Group A 6 - Katie Yockey, Lake Minnetonka FSC 9th - Makenna Leik, Northern Blades NSC FSC Open Pre-Juvenile Girls Group A 7th - Mattie McGill, Lake Minnetonka FSC th th th 10 - Sophia Rothenberger, Starlight IDC 6 - Rachel Ann Cramer, Burnsville MN Valley FSC 9 - Noelle Sjoquist, Burnsville MN Valley FSC Pre-Juvenile Girls Group B 7th - April Bockin, Prairie FSC Open Juvenile Girls Group B 6th – Kelly Jiang, Starlight IDC Open Pre-Juvenile Girls Group B 12th - Karina Johnson, Rochester FSC 18th - Eve Thompson, St.